THE STORY OF ONE FAMILYS JOURNEY WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES AND CELIAC DISEASE. Monday, November 8, 2010 A Sneak Peak NaBloPoMo Day 8 Type 1 diabetes is sometimes called insulin-dependent, immune-mediated or juvenile-onsetdiabetes.

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Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose resulting from problems in how insulin is produced, how it works, or both. Type-1 diabetes -previously known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or juvenile-onsetdiabetes-develops when the cells that produce insulin in the pancreas are destroyed in a process initiated or mediated by the body's immune system

Diabetes and the stem cell promise The search for a cure, or even a less-complicated treatment, is still on a long road to its goal. By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times November 7, 2011 Ever since scientists started talking about the medical potential of embryonic stem cells, curing Type 1 diabetes has been one of the dearest dreams.

People who have diabetes / know people with diabetes very well will know that means something. I keep pretty quiet about all things diabetes these days because I got tired of it being the center of my life, but something recently caught my eye. A Petition to Revise Names of Type 1 & 2 Diabetes to Reflect the Nature of Each Disease. ” – “what do you mean you didn’t get diabetes from eating lots of sugar?” Blood Glucose: 48. MORE >>

MGH Initiates Phase I Diabetes Trial BOSTON, MA – Scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have initiated a phase 1 clinical trial to reverse type 1 diabetes. The trial is exploring whether the promising results from the laboratory of Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, can be applied in human diabetes. Faustman’s previous studies have shown that mice with a form of diabetes that closely resembles type 1 diabetes in humans can be cured. MORE >>